Home DIY

Lasers. Two at right angles to each other, one following the plumb line.

keep the lines down the shaft of the bit and you'll be bang on.

Cheers, I'd actually thought of that, kind of, I only have one laser currently so that obviously leaves room for error on the other plane, although there is a margin for error that can be accounted for on one of the planes by virtue of the post that's fixed to the bracket I'm drilling for. Also the stones are fucking hard and at chest height, so eyeing the bit and drilling might be tricky, will see if I can borrow another laser from somewhere.

Mirrors can be useful for checking parallel or just have a square of wood held against the surface to drill against

Extractor fan in bathroom isn’t shutting off - only way to get it to stop is turn the lighting circuit off and the consumer unit. But as soon as you turn the bathroom light on it starts up again. Taken cover off and cleaned it up but there’s a squeaking noise. I am not handy - time for a spark?

Probably - do you care to keep the fan going or happy to have it off permanently?

I'm about to build a fence at the back of the garden because i hate our neighbours and they make it feel like we live next door to a playground.

Aside from a brick wall, whats the next best option? I've seen some 'acoustic' timber fences which seem to just be solid 25mm T&G timber. They cost a lot and are the wrong size height wise for us.

Would i be mad to use some sort of sheet (ply or OSB properly treated) and sandwich some mass loaded vinyl in the middle. We could then add some cedar battens or something to side we see to look nice and pop a cap on top to keep the worst of the weather off.

Shit idea?

We’re 1m away from starting renovation on the house so don’t rly care just don’t want any noise and ideally avoid the hassle of trying to find a spark!

Neither of those would last, especially with edges exposed.

Could use the cheaper hit-and-miss type fencing, two panels with the vinyl between. Defo want to avoid sheet materials though. Treated solid timber for outdoors.

Brick wall will last the longest…

Then i'd take the switch off (turn the circuit off first at CU) then unwire the line from the switch that feeds the fan - there may be a permanent line and a switching line plus a neutral you'll need to disconnect.

You could then get it sorted as part of the renovations i guess?

Could always just pull the impeller off the motor if you’re not happy messing with mains voltage.

Is it a timer or a moisture-sensing circuit that keeps it going for a time after you turn off the light? These usually have a small rheostat that adjusts the sensitivity / time. Maybe turning that will kick it back into normal operation.

Or buy an identical one and swap it yourself. If the ceiling / wall is in good order it’s not that difficult a job.

thats woodchip for sure, we also had a lot of that....
We tried a few methods to remove ours, the best way we found was

1.) get these two

https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinsser-paper-tiger-scoring-tool-3mm/3469h
https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinsser-dif-wallpaper-stripper-concentrate-1ltr/8421j

2.) Use the tiger throughly. Then put a load of the concentrate on (USE GLOVES AND GOGGLES), wait 30 mins, do the concentrate again, wait 30 mins and then it should come off easily. A spray bottle of warm water also helps on stuborn bits.

Would anyone who knows about these things please explain why this is so expensive. I do not intend to buy as I am fairly stable but I am interested in the reasoning for the price.

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No reason at all, just rich people shit

that's the poverty spec one. You'd be wanting this one

https://shop.gessato.com/wohngeist-tool-set/#product-info

it's a shop in Basel which I think is all you need to know re price

It's a poseur toolkit for someone with too much money, who will never use tools.

Seems like my suspicions are confirmed. Thanks all

Quick one, I’m putting up some slot shelving and will need to trim the uprights. There’s only four of em but like fuck am I doing that with a little metal hand saw. Shall I just buy a cheapo corded angle grinder?

Decent hack saw blades can go through that stuff, easy.
Then again, it's a fact that people with angle grinders are happier than those without.

I’ll just get some decent blades and some clamps then. Thanks!

Give er

We decided to paint the rear exterior of the house black. After trying the dab brush method along with a masonry roller we were getting nowhere, we invested in a hand sprayer. A true game changer. One coat of primer and four coats of masonry and we're done. I'm not sure about the longevity but it will do until we've finished the inside and replenished our funds.

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hope that isn't south facing!